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Trump risks isolating critical neighbor with Mexico feud

Politico - ‎1 hour ago‎
President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply escalated his feud with the Mexican president, torpedoing a planned visit with the foreign leader next week in the first major diplomatic dust-up of his administration.
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Senators' ObamaCare replacement bills highlight GOP divide

The Hill - ‎16 minutes ago‎
As House and Senate Republicans unveiled an aggressive plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act within the next three months, disagreement over two Senate bills introduced this week shows the stark divide within the party over a way forward.
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Marketers Should Note These 5 Things From Google Parent Alphabet's Earnings

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
Google parent company Alphabet Inc. reported a 22% surge in fourth-quarter revenue to $26.1 billion. While that growth exceeded analysts' expectations, the company's 8.3% increase in profit fell short of expectations and the stock fell 2.3% in late ...
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Pence, a longtime hero for the antiabortion movement, will join the March for Life

Washington Post - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Vice President Pence will join Friday's March for Life, a move from the White House considered historic by march organizers. President Ronald Reagan made a video for the march in 1988 and President George W. Bush called in to the march in 2008, but no ...
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Miami-Dade mayor: Trump should pay immigration jail costs

Politico - ‎1 hour ago‎
The mayor of Miami-Dade county on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal detention requests, citing President Donald Trump's executive orders concerning "sanctuary jurisdictions" for illegal immigrants.
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Departure of top State officials fuels concerns about talent loss

Politico - ‎3 hours ago‎
At least four senior career State Department officials who worked under Republican and Democratic leaders have left their posts less than a week into Donald Trump's presidency, fueling questions about the new administration's plans for the department ...
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Francois Fillon's enemies hope family affair will end presidential bid

BBC News - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Francois Fillon has promised to hit back fast with the facts that show his British wife Penelope is above suspicion, after prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into claims that she received public money improperly.
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After election crisis, newly sworn-in President Barrow finally returns to Gambia

Yahoo News - ‎2 hours ago‎
On Adama Barrow's inauguration day, there was silence on the streets of Banjul. Not so on Thursday, when thousands of people turned out to greet their new president.
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Accused Fort Lauderdale airport gunman indicted by federal grand jury

NOLA.com - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Esteban Santiago, center, was indicted Thursday Jan. 26 by a federal grand jury for a shooting rampage at a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport baggage claim area that left several people dead and others wounded.
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Video appears to show Texas police officer push teen with foot

NOLA.com - ‎14 minutes ago‎
DALLAS -- Bodycam video from a white Fort Worth police officer who was suspended for wrestling a black woman and her daughter to the ground appears to show the officer using his foot to push the 15-year-old girl into a police car.
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Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
On the morning after Donald Trump's inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.
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2 hikers injured in avalanche near Mt. Baldy

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Two hikers were injured Thursday in an avalanche near the Mt. Baldy summit, authorities said. The incident was reported at 12:13 p.m.
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Starbucks sales remain slow, forecast lowered

MarketWatch - ‎1 hour ago‎
Starbucks Corp. says it has become a victim of the success of its mobile order app. The coffee chain created the app to reduce long lines at the cash register, but Starbucks Operating Chief Kevin Johnson said Thursday the lines have just shifted to the ...
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Trump Labor Pick Faces Delayed Hearing, Fresh Complaints

NBCNews.com - ‎59 minutes ago‎
As his confirmation hearing to be Labor Secretary was pushed back for a third time, workers filed more than 30 complaints against fast food executive Andy Puzder's restaurants Thursday.
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Verizon's Pipe Dream

Bloomberg - ‎5 hours ago‎
Verizon Communications Inc., the largest U.S. wireless provider, is reportedly exploring a merger of extra-mega proportions with Charter Communications Inc. Charter is the $104 billion company that not long ago bought the brand everybody loves to hate: ...
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Two of Cisco's biggest competitors quietly kicked it in the teeth this week

Business Insider - ‎24 minutes ago‎
While the tech world was stunned by Cisco's surprise $3.7 billion purchase of AppDynamics this week right before AppDynamics had its IPO, that's only part of the drama around Cisco this week.
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Microsoft's Windows business helps power its Q2 FY17

ZDNet - ‎56 minutes ago‎
While Wall Street analysts' eyes are almost entirely trained on Microsoft's growing cloud businesses these days, the company's Windows business that delivered one the biggest surprises in Microsoft's earnings for its Q2 fiscal 2017.
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Google Home's best feature? Remembering where your stuff is video - CNET

CNET - ‎2 minutes ago‎
Apple has added a new feature in iOS 10.3 that lets you track down misplaced wireless earbuds. Brian Tong is using the latest... Play video.
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10 frustrating Google Chrome irritations and how to fix them

PCWorld - ‎14 hours ago‎
Chrome may be the most-used browser in the world, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. Far from it. Despite receiving over 50 updates over the years, Google's browser still harbors several rough edges and idiosyncrasies that can make for a less than ...
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Samsung Galaxy S8 rumored to launch March 29

CNET - ‎4 hours ago‎
Samsung could introduce its upcoming Galaxy S8 and S8 Edge phones to the world as soon as March 29, according to Evan Blass, a tech writer also known for reliably leaking upcoming products under his Twitter handle @evleaks.
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Warriors, Cavaliers dominate selections for NBA All-Star 2017 reserves

NBA.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
DeMarcus Cousins will be playing in his third All-Star Game while Kevin Love gets the honor for a fourth time. Winning matters. That seems to be the message from the coaches who selected the reserves for the 2017 NBA All-Star Game.
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Doomsday Clock Insider Tells What It Will Take To Push Back Those Hands

NBCNews.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The mushroom cloud rises from the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike," as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron.
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Hydrogen Squeezed Into a Metal, Possibly Solid, Harvard Physicists Say

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Harvard scientists used this apparatus - two diamonds with a gasket, illuminated with green laser light - to squeeze hydrogen to ultra-high pressures.
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First human-pig embryos have been made in lab, may carve path for transplants

USA TODAY - ‎5 hours ago‎
NEW YORK - Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into people.
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Grocery store tomatoes taste like cardboard — Florida researchers are fixing that

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
There's a revolution coming to your supermarket, and it's going to start in the tomato aisle. After more than a decade of study, researchers at the University of Florida have identified the chemical compounds responsible for giving a great tomato its ...
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What Finland's plan to be tobacco-free can teach the world

CNN - ‎15 hours ago‎
(CNN) The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health -- and their bank balances. Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040, meaning they want less than 2% of their adults to consume tobacco ...
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Study: Two-thirds of kids drink 1 sugary drink daily

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
About two-thirds of kids, if you stop them on a given day, have had at least one soda, fruit juice or sports drink. That's an average of about 164 calories for boys and 121 calories a day for girls, said a survey released Thursday by the U.S.
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